[senco-forum] Dyslexia

SEN matters daily, so this may be a faulty overview. Others will correct

The CoP for Wales does not have Bands, just School Action, School Action
Plus and Statementing.  I did not realise that England was so different.

Jean

S Wales

 It's quite a while since I read the Code of Practice and I don't deal with
> SEN matters daily, so this may be a faulty overview. Others will correct
> me if I'm wildly wrong!
>
> But, as I understand it, the 'categories' of SEN fall into a series of
> Bands, A - F (or is it G?).  Children are allocated to Bands A - C by the
> school Senco, following guidance from the Code of Practice (COP).  Band A
> are children with a 'need' which has to be recorded, but may not
> necessarily need any action by the school (because they are academically
> fine) apart from awareness of things such as seating arrangements (for
> impaired hearing, monocular vision etc.).  Band B seems to be children at
> School Action (SA), where children are differentiated for within class
> and/ or receiving interventions for some learning difficulties.  Band C
> are at SA+ - outside agencies are involved.  Below Band C evidence has to
> go to the LA Inclusion Panel that children need support over and above SA+
> and receive extra funding.  Children at Band D do not have statements, but
> undergo the Annual Review process.  Below Band D children are usually
> statemented.
>
> This is how it seems to work at our school - from what I've seen of the
> COP it seems to be less than straightforward to interpret and the
> Inclusion Panel has been known to make some odd decisions... it is very
> noticeable that our LA issues far fewer statements than it did a few years
> ago - particularly for SPLD.
>
>>From discussions I've seen on this list it seems that there are many grey
>> areas...
>
> Maggie
>
> chris white <chris19251 at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: I'm sorry to show my
> ignorance. But what is Band D please?
> Chris
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> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Maggie Downie
> Sent: 05 November 2007 17:08
> To: Stuart Lucas; senco-forum new
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Dyslexia - what are the scores on the doors?
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> Do you mean 'statemented or Band D' for dyslexia', or just assesed by the
> edpsych as having SPLD (Specific Learning Difficulty).  Dylexia is not a
> word that is used 'officially' in our LA and children certainly do not get
> statements for SPLD now as readily as the LA has handed them out in the
> past.  The most they are likely to get is a Band D for Moderate Learning
> Difficulties (MLD).
>
> On the Band D for MLD criteria we would have about 2- 3% at our school.
> (about 3 -4 Band Ds in each year group of 150)
>
> Maggie
>
> Stuart Lucas  wrote: My Director of Studies is asking
> the following question:
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> "what are the current percentage of primary and secondary school pupils
> diagnosed as dyslexic by whatever psychological, psychometric or
> physiological means?"
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> Any ideas?
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> I have heard the 'figure out there' is 10% - but where did that come
> from?
>
> Will ask Scottish Executive for their figures -
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> Is Jean out there? - any ideas?
>
> Tks
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> Stuart
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